Sunday, June 22nd from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. @ The House of Hope Presbyterian Church, 797 Summit Avenue, St. Paul

Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, will be speaking in the sanctuary of House of Hope at 2:00 p.m.about green business, business ethics and corporate responsibility. Yet its franchise in Israel is selling ice cream in Jewish-only settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are illegal under international law. Ben & Jerry’s can help end the occupation, now in its 47th year, by refusing to do business with these settlements. Our purpose is to educate those attending the event about the fact that selling ice cream in the illegal settlements contradicts Ben & Jerry’s Social Mission which “seeks to meet human needs and eliminate injustices in our local, national and international communities.” In addition to our presence outside, some members will attend their talk and ask questions of Ben & Jerry themselves. Posters and flyers will be provided. Sponsored by: Middle East Peace Now (MEPN). FFI: Visit MEPN.org

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Introducing the Campaign

We are Palestinians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, students, professionals, parents, community members and allies working together to bring Palestine-centric education to Minnesota in order to promote justice and human rights.

We believe:

We, the people of Minnesota, have the moral obligation to make sound investments that will not aid the oppression of any one race, creed or people. Minnesota’s investment in Israel supports an apartheid system in both Israel and the Occupied Territories that causes thousands of civilian deaths, many of whom are children, and which involves the widespread abuse of human rights. This system defies a ruling by the International Court of Justice as well as more than 65 UN Resolutions, and violates the Fourth Geneva Convention. We demand that the state of Minnesota act on its good conscience and support the breaking of economic ties with the apartheid state of Israel.

We say, Minnesota divest from Israel Bonds, Divest for Justice in Palestine!